Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-06-04

and 10 kansas IA invest IN lana, 10 Cnau~ |
tauqua Ia gather literary truths and lake
breeze all al the usual excursion rates. IL
i said that there will be an eNcurSon To
Mammoth cave in the not distant iuline. |
The railroads almost all made rat" of one
and one-third usual fares for round trip IN
recognition nt Decoration day. There will
be- excursions to the gas cities all summer,
and any number of miscellaneous eNcur-
sionS.
The interstate commerce commission
takes an entirely proper view OF this mat
ter Ii is in the line of public good that
the excursion business be- encouraged. In
educating the masses. railroad excursions
should be considered in the same category
with the public schools and public librar-
les No more powerful educator than tray
el can be found. There are many men ni
great intelligence and shrewdness. whose
Intelligence has come entirely from travel.
New cities and new scenes are wonderful
sharpenerS of the wits. Take young
man who has been born and raised ia
Springfield: a few days spent i'll visiting
the wonders of Chicago or Cincinnati Is
an education Of itself Ia him. Cheap rail
road fares. 10y inducing people Ia travel,
become a powerful factor in the education
of a people.
II people keep on tumbling int" the
Alcade fountain basin the government
will have Ia be petiti"ned To establish
light house and iite-saying station there.
While sitting in Blacks opera house the
other night, waiting for the appearance of
Nine. Selika-who. by the way. did the
most artistic singing heard in this city dnr-
ing the entire season. got into converse
ton with all intelligent young colored man.
who began to talk about the young colored
men who have received the advantage, of
higher tducation IN Springfield
Some have been enabled to take higher
positions in life on account of this educa-
tion. and some have not, said my inform
ant. The majority, however, ot those
who receive ed high school education, hase
been much benefited by it, and have taken
the leading positions. above those nf lesser
educational achievements. Let's see;
Broadwell Chinu studied law. | believe: he
WAS at St Louis for awhile and is al home
now Charlie Reynolds has been Teaching
school at the Pheasant street building.
don't know what he will do next year. but
| understand that he intends Ia gu To Eu-
rope this summer. Charles Swayne has
position in the puStofiice. and is trust
worthy and intelligent young man. Dan
Rudd. the will known orator and journalist.
WAS also high school graduate. Doc.
Clayton Is running coal oil wagon. and
Samuel Harris. aS you all know. was. for
several years. the conductor of a Pullman
sleeper in the west, and has been noted
locally rs political worker. Richard
Rand is now porter in n ha,el IN Chicago.
Albert Bailey. another graduate, is a well
known musician. and has been connected
with several of the music stores around
town. Fred Hale. another graduate and
remarkably bright young man. is connected
with the Cleveland Gdz,tts. Dan Smith is
driving grocery wagon a. delivery clerk.
On the whole the colored high school grad
uates have done remarkably well IN the
battle of life BY the way. forgot To
mention Hubbard Wilson. now travelling
with the TenneSSeans. lie has an excel
lent position with this world renowned
troup. | hear that there are four or fye
young color-d men in the graduating class
OF the high school this year"
On the first page of the American re
print of the London Illustrated Ns'rS,
there is big advertisement of the korting
gas engine. The location of the offices OF
the concern in New York city are given,
and il is stated in very large type that the
works where the engines are manufactured
are at Springfield, Ohio Now. how is
this? Have We gas engine factory here
which has slipped in urnoticed, amidst the
numerous branches OF manufacturing, or Is
il some other Springfield" At any rate. our
Springfield gets the advantage oI the ''ad,
which is u ysry prominent one and IN all
IMMENSE edition ot widely circulated
paper
II would make man dizzy to try and
rrcollrrt one in a dozen OF the articles which
are manufactured here. was in a drug
store the other day drinking glass of soda
water, and was much Interested III All in
genius machine which >have> ice into the
glass before il is filled with the soda water.
The machine is nickle plated and is re-
handsome. I'm turning the han
die the firm name Un the wheel caught my
eye. and WAS surprised 10 see that il was
the St John Sewing Machine company,
and that the inventor is Mr.. Frank Way.
also of this city. 1t is said that the ma
chimes are sent all over the country.
A new paper has just been started which
reJoices in the euphoniou> title ot the
Springfield Soap B"r. II is not this Spring
field, however, il is some other Springfield.
4 Springfield banker is credited with
saying that SIuU, 600 had left Springfield
for investment in the gas and oil regions. |
most Of which. in his opinion, would not
come back. The amount stated II probably |
a little larger than the facts would warrant. |
~. 81. ,l,akI f.l in fh..l
first place, but some Of il has already come !
back from sales made by Springfield par
ties. Springfield capitalists purchased a |
farm near kokomo. Ind. for $40, 900. and |
fully $40, 900 of Springfield money went !
into Marion, Ind, real estate, and So 900
Ut 81. 900 into Muncie real estate. These |
parties are all still holding. There is prob
ably $4,000 or $4,000 of Springfield |
money still invested in Findlay property. |
The rush from here Ia the gas towns, how
ever, is not nearly So great now as il was.
Most Of the Investments mentioned above
are considered safe by the investors.
Considerable Springfield capital is going |
west for investment At all times. Senator
iringle and Springfield syndicate sod at |
a handsome advance this spring a farm IN
Kansas which they purchased some years
ago.
Springfield music teachers are making |
to attend the Ohio State Music
Teachers cOnN nNenton. al Columbus, III the
middle of June.
An indianapolis paper Publishes All eN-
rrm-ly interesting tabular statement ol
cal estate values in the various western
titles in the country:
Bun 4lo 5000 s,JHO .aU>i5 sl25 SIS 5000 10 ,pp
'hicago --...-l 300 80 taO 80 ~ 9JO 10 7Bp